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A housing stock of nearly 22,000 houses under the affordable segment could be made available once the entire clusters are redeveloped THANE: A massive area of land in various parts of Thane, collectively equal to the size of nearly four Bandra Kurla Complex (BKCs), has been identified for redevelopment under the cluster redevelopment plans by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC).These areas spread across the 10 sectors in the city are presently swarmed by haphazard constructions that could pave way for systematic development. The announcement was made at a closed-door meeting between civic chief Sanjeev Jaiswal and district guardian minister Eknath Shinde on Monday evening.Officials present for meeting said nearly 22 per cent of the city area that saw haphazard development is a potential area for implementing the cluster scheme. We have come up with a comprehensive plan for each of these sectors with emphasis on not only filling up the present lacunae, but also inclusion of amenities that could be useful in the future as well. We will release these plans for feedback before the public soon before opening them up for implementation, said a senior civic official.The plans have been formulated considering rehabilitation of illegal structures in the particular stretch in the city..